[HN Gopher] DYMO's new label printer uses RFID tags to prevent t...
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DYMO's new label printer uses RFID tags to prevent the use of non-
OEM paper
Author : ortusdux
Score : 41 points
Date : 2022-02-21 21:35 UTC (1 hours ago)
(HTM) web link (appleinsider.com)
(TXT) w3m dump (appleinsider.com)
| gjsman-1000 wrote:
| If you are outraged by this and anti-repair laws, there's a very
| simple solution, and that's to Repeal DMCA Section 1201.
|
| Section 1201 was invented to protect DVDs primarily, and states
| that it is a crime to circumvent DRM technologies or to share the
| methods for circumventing DRM _regardless of intent_ unless there
| is a Section 1201 exception, which is granted every three years
| on a Library of Congress review.
|
| Making an audio transcription of a DRM-protected eBook for your
| blind mother who lives with you? Until recently (because the EFF
| won a 1201 exception until 2024), illegal, even if you didn't
| commit any copyright infringement by sharing it with other
| people.
|
| As far as I know, no other civilized nation has anti-
| circumvention rules that do not consider intent. This rule is
| what allows John Deere to suppress tractor repair manuals, Apple
| to charge those who defeat their digital repair lockouts, DYMO to
| be able to sue anyone making paper with RFID tags to beat their
| system, and countless other fair-use activities to be restricted.
|
| Repeal Section 1201. End the nonsense.
| matheusmoreira wrote:
| > However, third-party labels manufacturers and others may have
| solid legal reasons to not offer a workaround
|
| This is the real problem. Get rid of these idiotic laws designed
| to create monopolies and stifle competition and companies that
| pull dystopic stuff like this will be done.
| monocasa wrote:
| Luckily anti-circumvention has been found to only apply to
| protection of copywritten works. There's probably a legally
| safe way.
|
| See how lexmark tried to sue about chip protected toner
| cartridges using the DMCA and got slapped down by the courts. h
| ttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexmark_International,_Inc._v.....
| daniel-cussen wrote:
| What's the deal with the printer industry? I guess all IP
| that's close to chemistry is highly proprietary, whether it's
| semiconductors, pharmaceuticals, or printing.
| didericis wrote:
| I wish a political faction came out with a uniting message
| about both getting money out of congress and repealing
| legislation/reducing bureaucracy. When it comes to cases like
| this, they're the same issue. The ideological blaming and
| banner waving hides the common ground.
| TehCorwiz wrote:
| I wonder if the Keurig trick will work? You can spoof the
| official cups by taping an old foil onto the sensor.
| _joel wrote:
| You'd expect there to be metadata including how many labels on
| the roll, so it might break after N uses. I'd imagine there
| would be other ways to spoof it but still, this is shoddy
| practice.|
|
| edit: Yes "Dymo touts the benefits of the chipped label paper
| in its sales literature, including auto-detection and remaining
| label counts."
| KennyBlanken wrote:
| Likely not, as Keurig's coffemakers had to have something that
| would work for an offline device, with the added limitations of
| an embedded microcontroller.
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| The RFID tag check is likely done by the driver running on the
| host system, where a semi or fully online database check are
| possible. Or they can just roll out a driver update for
| mysterious "compatibility and performance improvements" if they
| need to.
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